Recent insights into the extraction, characterization, and bioactivities of chitin and chitosan from insects

K Mohan, AR Ganesan, T Muralisankar… - Trends in food science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Insects are a living resource used for human nutrition, medicine, and industry.
Several potential sources of proteins, peptides, and biopolymers, such as silk, chitin, and …

Current state of chitin purification and chitosan production from insects

T Hahn, E Tafi, A Paul, R Salvia… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chitin, and especially its deacetylated variant chitosan, has many applications, eg as carrier
material for pharmaceutical drugs or as a flocculant in wastewater treatment. Despite its …

Extraction and physicochemical characterization of chitin and chitosan isolated from house cricket

EB Ibitoye, IH Lokman, MNM Hezmee… - Biomedical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Chitin ranks next to cellulose as the most important bio-polysaccharide which can primarily
be extracted from crustacean shells. However, the emergence of new areas of the …

Insect chitin-based nanomaterials for innovative cosmetics and cosmeceuticals

M Triunfo, E Tafi, A Guarnieri, C Scieuzo, T Hahn… - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chitin and its derivatives are attracting great interest in cosmetic and cosmeceutical fields,
thanks to their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, as well as their biocompatibility and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of deproteinization and demineralization process sequences on the physicochemical and structural characteristics of chitin isolated from Deep-sea …

MK Rasweefali, S Sabu, KSM Azad… - Advances in Biomarker …, 2022 - Elsevier
Isolation of chitin from shrimp shell waste using chemical process is a well-adopted
industrial practice due to its short process time and efficiency in removing both minerals and …

Preparation and characterization of chitin and chitosan from different parts of desert locust (Schistocercagregaria)

S Elkadaoui, J Desbrieres, YE Hachimi, A Hamdaoui… - Polymer Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
In this work, chitin was extracted using a single step of deproteinization from the whole
locust and its different morphological parts (thorax, legs, abdomen, head and wings). All …

[HTML][HTML] Physical, biochemical and antimicrobial characterization of chitosan prepared from tasar silkworm pupae waste

K Jena, S Ananta, J Akthar, A Patnaik, S Das… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study deals with the chitin and chitosan obtained from tasar silkworm
(Antheraea mylitta) spent pupae and characterized for physical characteristics by electron …

Extraction, characterization and comparison of chitins from large bodied four Coleoptera and Orthoptera species

M Kabalak, D Aracagök, M Torun - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitins were extracted from large insect species of order Coleoptera (Lucanus cervus
(Linnaeus, 1758)(Lucanidae) and Polyphylla fullo (Linnaeus, 1758)(Scarabaeidae) and …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the correlation between source and chiral, physichochemical properties of chitin nanocrystals; insights from beetle (Cetonia aurata) skeletal …

A Ramanauskaitė, P Mulerčikas, HF Greer… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Chitin properties are known to vary depending on animal taxa, organismal source, and
specific skeletal segments; However, the influence of these source-dependent variations on …

Chitosan Extraction from Goliathus orientalis Moser, 1909: Characterization and Comparison with Commercially Available Chitosan

P Fournier, CR Szczepanski, RP Godeau, G Godeau - Biomimetics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a polymer obtained by deacetylation of chitin, and chitin is one of the major
components of the arthropod cuticle. Chitin and chitosan are both polysaccharides and are …